Sphaeropontia regulara Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sphaeropontiidae

Full reference: J. K. Rigby and B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1996. Upper Permian inozoid, demospongid, and hexactinellid sponges from Djebel Tebaga, Tunisia. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, New Series 7:1-130

Belongs to Sphaeropontia according to J. K. Rigby and B. Senowbari-Daryan 1996

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 480321. Its type locality is Newell 1973 spot locality 4A, Baten beni Zid, Djebel Tebaga, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Oum el Afia Shale (?) Formation of Tunisia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Newell 1973 spot locality 4A, Baten beni Zid, Djebel Tebaga

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